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Woe is I : the grammarphobe's guide to better English in plain English / Patricia T. O'Conner.

O'Conner, Patricia T. (Author).

Summary:

"In this new edition of Woe Is I, Patricia T. O'Conner unties the knottiest grammar tangles and displays the same lively humor that has charmed and enlightened grateful readers for years. With new chapters on spelling and punctuation, and fresh insights into the rights, wrongs, and maybes of English grammar and usage, Woe Is I offers down-to-earth explanations and plain-English solutions to the language mysteries that bedevil all of us." --Amazon.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781573223317
  • ISBN: 157322331X
  • Physical Description: xx, 265 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: Updated and expanded 3rd ed., 1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Rev. and updated ed. of: 3rd ed., 2008.
Originally published in hardcover: 2009.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-253) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Woe is I : therapy for pronoun anxiety -- Plurals before swine : blunders with numbers -- Yours truly : the possessives and the possessed -- They beg to disagree : putting verbs in their place -- Verbal abuse : words on the endangered list -- Spellbound : how to be letter perfect -- So to speak : talking points on pronunciation -- Comma sutra : the joy of punctuation -- The compleat dangler : a fish out of water -- Death sentence : do clichés deserve to die? -- The living dead : let bygone rules be gone -- Saying is believing : how to write what you mean.

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Subject:
English language > Grammar > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
English language > Usage > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
English language > Grammar.
English language > Usage.
Genre:
Handbooks and manuals.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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